Rave Run: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

The ExperienceCutting west to east in the park's Waterpocket Fold area is an unpaved part of Burr Trail Road, a rural route in south-central Utah. Near its switchbacks, there is a "richness of color" in the tall, imposing rock formations, says Jenny Uehisa (shown with Carey Mullett). "Our voices echoed off the canyon walls."

History and FactsCapitol Reef National Park gets its name from a rugged section of Waterpocket Fold near the Fremont River. Waterpocket Fold, a nearly 100-mile warp in the Earth's surface, is known as a classic monocline – a regional fold with a very steep side in an area that has mostly horizontal layers. On Aug. 2, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set aside more than 37,000 acres of the Capitol Reef area, establishing it as a National Monument. The park is open year-round. Average high temperatures range from the low 40s in December and January to the high 80s and low 90s in June, July, and August.